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At 41 years-of-age, Stace Crimm discovered that she was pregnant. Surprised and overjoyed with the news, Crimm’s joy in life soon turned to concern when abnormal things started to happen to her. The single mother was to soon embark on a story that’s both heartbreaking and heartwarming, all at once.

Enjoying the first parts of pregnancy and excitement of telling her friends, Crimm soon began to suffer from several headaches and double vision. The severity of the pain for Stacie Crimm was so great that she thought to ask her brother to take care of her baby should something tragic happen to her. It was only some time later that doctors confirmed something terribly sad: the pregnant Stacie Crimm had a diagnosis of cancer, in both her head and back.

Doctors told Crimm to receive treatment at the risk of hurting her baby that was growing inside, but Crimm refused. She wanted to assure her baby was born without any risk to the child’s health. Such a beautiful sacrifice from a mother is beyond any measure of admiration.

The cancer continued its progress, soon wrapping itself around the brain stem of Crimm. The oxygen levels in Crimm’s body began to sharply drop and with that, so did the heart rate of the child, precious little Dottie, growing within.

Hospital staff were left with no choice but to perform an emergency C-section. Crimm was placed on a ventilator and within the walls of the hospital’s neonatal unit, a beautiful moment of love between mother and child transpired.

The C-section was successful, the baby being born at a tiny 2 pounds and 1 ounce. Little Dottie Mae Crimm certainly captured the heart of all staff. But then the concern became what of Stacie Crimm, the mother. Would she regain consciousness and be able to see her child’s face?

Stacie and her mother did have a final moment, though the levels of consciousness of Stacie were not clearly coherent. After several days, Stacie finally passsed away, but her daughter lived on. And her brother has remained committed to raising Dottie Mae Crimm and he knows that his sister’s sacrifice to assure her daughter has the best fighting chance is something that was part of her caring character and nature.

This news story is sad and yet inspirational. In this day and age, where corporate greed and political strife is having a detrimental affect on families and the attitude of the individual, it is uplifting to see the story of a mother’s love and sacrifice overcoming dismal odds. The family of Crimm do not know if the cancer treatment for their sister would have been effective, but it’s definitely well known that this mother loved this child to the point of giving the most selfless sacrifice.

What sort of monster are you? This is a beautiful story of a mother giving her unborn child a fighting chance? She decided not to bombard her child with chemicals untold so the baby could live. And all you can do is sit back and say nobody to blame for herself?

You’re one of those people who cheered when Ron Paul announced ‘let’s let the insuranceless die!’ aren’t you?

Except now the child has to go through life without knowing who their mother is, and how is the father going to act now that this happened? Not everyone can live a happy life after the death of a loved one, the father could go mad or on a drinking binge and blame the child. No, it’s not the child’s fault that the mother died, but when someone’s depressed and full of rage, explaining that it wasn’t their fault and they had nothing to do with it isn’t going to help him. If the father and child go on, great, more power to them, but this is exactly the sort of grey-and-grey situation that goes on. What some call a miracle, others call a tragedy. Calling him a monster for suggesting that the mother aborting the baby, regardless of how, isn’t going to change anything.

I am not. By now, you should know I’m liberal, and also against the GOP’s candidates, as well as Obama. Trump 2012.

I am the sort of monster commonly known as man. She decided to let a child live motherless. She decided to suffer herself, adding stress and likely stressing the fetus as well. These sorts of chemicals are all FDA approved, and while they may have adverse effects on a fetus up to and including death, should a cancer patient really be giving birth anyway?

She really can’t blame anyone but herself. For her death, and for her motherless child.

Doesn’t mean she couldn’t have kept taking the treatment and lived to be with her child. Ok, so the baby dies, tragic, but there’s always the chance to start over again. I’ve seen motherless children who’s father had abandoned them, it’s not a pretty sight. You think that the ending is going to be all ‘sun shine and happiness’. The reality is that it’s not, and if the child and father can come out all the stronger from this ordeal, then good for them, and I mean it. But more often than not, the father ends up in a deep depression, possibly deep enough to do harm to the child. He may not kill the child, or even physically hurt it, but life isn’t going to be pretty for the longest time.

‘Waaaa! My reality and world isn’t made of gum drops and rainbows! Waaaaa!’

Grow the fuck up Watson, you’re nothing but a sad excuse of a human being. You don’t realize the implications of this story whatsoever, and you’re assuming all is going to be fine and dandy for a man who just lost the love of his life and a child who was born of a dead woman.

It was her choice, but a foolish one. Let’s be realistic here: she could always have had another baby but her family can never make another Stacie Crimm. What about her parents? They knew her for 41 years and she gave it all up for a fetus who’s known by nobody.

Liberal nazi, you should work on reading comprehension. The article clearly states ‘single mother’. That means she likely doesn’t have a ‘love of her life’ in this case, further evidenced by her asking her brother to watch and raise the child in his family. This story is nothing but admirable and a testament to how true women should love their children.

Why are you so bent on removing focus on this beautiful story of a mother’s love. This single mother worked hard and loved her daughter. She took responsibility to accept she may not make it through her situation and asked her brother and his wife to raise the child, which they are doing. To say anything negative in this story is just horrible, Claire. Why not give this woman respect in her passing?